Buying prescription-only drugs over the counter abroad is the ultimate holiday souvenir. Here’s what happens to your body if you take weight loss jabs from Thailand or insomnia pills from the US – and the medication that could be fatal

The holiday season is rapidly approaching – and more than half of Britons are likely to book at least one trip abroad, according to new research by Travel Weekly.

Any holiday trip offers the chance to buy mementoes – but foreign travel also presents the opportunity to bring back over-the-counter medications that would require a prescription in the UK.

It can be easy to buy these assuming they’re harmless if you’re feeling under the weather or ill on holiday.

And given that some drugs can be up to 90 per cent cheaper abroad, there may also be temptation to stock up and bring

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